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Looters of Public Funds to face the music very soon.

Everyone who knows the current president of Nigeria knows that he hates corrupt officials.
His critics and supporters alike realize that he gos after corrupt people, that is what he does best, but after resuming office things have been a bit slow in that direction , possibly because the President had a myriad of problems he inherited from his predecessor and the Nigerian Economy needed immediate attention.

Alas close the borders, seize their passports , things are now in motion to get to the next order of business, President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that Nigerians who have
stolen from the nation’s coffers, will go on trial, in a matter of
weeks.

He said this on Tuesday, at a meeting with members of the
National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the
Presidential Villa.
He told the Peace Committee that the Federal Government will ask for
the return of stolen funds that have been stashed in foreign banks and
also make sure that the culprits will be put on trial in Nigeria.

The President stated that his administration was carefully gathering
facts and figures pertaining to the nation’s stolen funds, before
proceeding with prosecution.
Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, released a statement to this effect, after the meeting.

“Nigeria has to break this vicious cycle before we can make
progress. We have really degenerated as a country. Our national
institutions, including the military, which did wonderfully on foreign
missions in the past, have been compromised.
“But we are doing something about it. The military is now retraining and morale has been resuscitated.
“As Petroleum Minister under Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo in the 1970s, I
could not travel abroad until I had taken a memo to the Federal
Executive Council asking for estacode. Now, everybody does what he
wants.
“That is why security-wise and economically, we’re in trouble.”

Speaking further, he added that those who have stolen the national
wealth “will be in court in a matter of weeks and Nigerians will know
those who have short-changed them.”

Its times like this that i wish i could pick up my wig and gown just for this period, Lawyers are about to make a killing .........ok.

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